Sohaili as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sohaili

What is the meaning of the name Sohaili ?

The baby name Sohaili is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced so-HAY-lee (IPA: /soˈheɪli/).

Sohaili is Arabic in Origin.

Sohaili traces to the Arabic Suhayl (سهيل), a famed name for the brilliant star Canopus and a diminutive related to the root s-h-l “easy, gentle.” Through Persian and Urdu, Suhayl became Sohail/Soheil; adding the Persian adjectival suffix -i yields “Sohaili,” meaning “of Suhayl/Canopus,” with resonances of radiance, guidance, and ease. The star’s prominence in classical Arabic astronomy and Indian Ocean navigation lent the name poetic imagery of a luminous guide.

Usage skews rare as a given name and more familiar as a Persian surname, though it appears in Iran, South Asia, and the diaspora; gender is flexible but often leans masculine by association with Sohail. Variants include Soheili, Suhaili, and Suheili; related forms are Sohail/Suhayl (m.) and Sohaila/Suhaila/Soheyla/Soheila (f.). Overall, Sohaili evokes calm clarity and stellar brilliance grounded in Arabic–Persian linguistic history.

⚙ Sohaili is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Sohaili appears only 12 times in total — found in 5 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.